Recaps

Qiao Huan followed Ye Yiwei to the instructors’ dormitory, where a conversation with Jiang Ji and Jiang Renbao helped him devise a plan for OSOK’s first public performance. Meanwhile, Ye Yiwei learned that the new director might terminate Qiao Huan’s contract over his family background, then invited Qiao Huan to train with Tao Zhenting.

• Qiao Huan followed Ye Yiwei to room 808 and ran into Jiang Ji and Jiang Renbao outside Jiang Ji’s room.
• Jiang Ji and Jiang Renbao explained the pressure surrounding OSOK’s debut and the expectations for a clean, focused boy group, and Qiao Huan came up with a performance idea after hearing about the square-dancing group.
• Ye Yiwei searched Tao Zhenting’s phone and noticed a message mentioning Qiao Huan, then heard Tao Zhenting explain that the new director might terminate Qiao Huan’s contract because his parents had led Spring Grass Hall.
• Ye Yiwei defended Qiao Huan and asked Tao Zhenting to help protect him and give him a better opportunity.
• After Qiao Huan left Jiang Ji and Jiang Renbao, Ye Yiwei invited him to join special vocal training with Tao Zhenting.

As Star Radiance’s trainees prepared for their first public performance, hostile comments and a surprise appearance by rival group AUV undermined teams 402 and 403. Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei prepared to perform, while Qiao Huan discovered a photograph in Ye Yiwei’s pocket that hinted at his painful past.

• Jiang Renbao watched Room Four’s rehearsal and was astonished by Qiao Huan’s improved singing, which came from intensive lessons with Tao Zhenting.
• At the public performance, paid hostile comments rattled 402, and a music malfunction disrupted their stage; Jiang Ji, Pei Dahai, and Bai Jike suspected a coordinated smear campaign.
• AUV performed unexpectedly ahead of 403, outshining them, and new director Ling Ji admitted he had approved the rival group’s appearance as a business decision.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei discussed their families and training before their performance, and Qiao Huan spotted a photograph of Ye Yiwei with a boy whose face had been crossed out.
• Ye Yiwei used the Heimlich maneuver when Qiao Huan pretended to choke, while Qiao Huan secretly examined the photograph; the two then prepared to go onstage.

Qiao Huan, Ye Yiwei, Zhuo Yang, and Bai Jike performed their reimagined version of “Green Flower,” moving the audience and contestants to tears with its heartfelt lyrics and harmonies. They then surprised everyone with a fierce vocal exchange, leaving the venue cheering and Xiao Zhao’s music-professor mother praising their arrangement and effort.

• Qiao Huan, Ye Yiwei, Zhuo Yang, and Bai Jike went onstage in plain white shirts to perform “Green Flower,” while the trainees backstage worried about their simple presentation.
• Qiao Huan accompanied the group on guitar as he and Ye Yiwei began the song, drawing the audience in with their steady, sincere voices.
• Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike joined the harmonies as the arrangement incorporated familiar sounds from training, and the song brought contestants and their families to tears.
• After the final lyrics, Qiao Huan kept playing while he and Ye Yiwei launched into a powerful vocal exchange that energized the crowd.
• Xiao Zhao’s mother, a music conservatory professor, praised the arrangement and the way Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei supported each other’s voices and technique.

Xiu Four delivered a patriotic performance that united song, Yingge Dance, and rap built from letters home, moving the Qinglong trainees and their families. The performance ended to thunderous applause, while AUV privately admitted Xiu Four had outperformed them.

• Ye Yiwei and the others began a stirring song about the people who serve the motherland, and trainees across the venue joined in.
• Footage of Qinglong graduates appeared as Xiu Four performed Jiang Ji’s energetic arrangement, prompting the audience to sing along.
• Qiao Huan and the other members performed Yingge Dance, with Zhuo Yang leading the powerful choreography.
• Bai Jike rapped lines drawn from letters home written by Qinglong trainees and graduates, leaving the audience deeply moved.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei stopped singing before the final sustained note, allowing the audience to bring the performance to a close.
• The crowd rose in applause and praised Xiu Four, while AUV members acknowledged the strength of their performance.

Xiu Si finished their Yingge dance performance, transforming from ordinary young men into heroes as they honored the lives and sacrifices of the older generation. The livestream audience praised their stamina, thoughtful song arrangement, and moving tribute.

• Xiu Si ended their performance seated in their chairs, holding Yingge batons and headgear.
• The lights came up as the four members panted from the demanding dance and bowed together.
• Livestream viewers reacted with excitement and emotion to the performance.
• Viewers praised Xiu Si for honoring the older generation rather than showing off.
• Viewers noted that the two songs complemented each other and that the arrangement reflected the spirit of Azure Dragon Training.

After Training Room Four’s performance won over the audience and the media, the trainees gave interviews that praised Qiao Huan’s role in their success. Qiao Huan reunited with Little Potato backstage, while Ye Yiwei overheard and realized that Little Potato was the Buffing Bro he had searched for.

• Qian Li tried to belittle Training Room Four’s performance and direct reporters toward AUV, but the reporters chose to interview the four trainees instead.
• Ye Yiwei and Zhuo Yang agreed to the interviews, and Qiao Huan accepted after seeing Ye Yiwei’s excitement; Qian Li left with AUV.
• The performance trended online, while Bai Jike, Zhuo Yang, and Ye Yiwei each credited Qiao Huan with shaping the performance and hoped he would debut.
• Qiao Huan told Reporter Liu that the base trainees were the performance’s main characters and praised Ye Yiwei as its center.
• After the interview, Qiao Huan recognized the cameraman as Little Potato, who hugged him and described how he had built a career with Qiao Huan’s past help.
• Ye Yiwei came to see Qiao Huan and overheard Little Potato, realizing that he was the Buffing Bro he had searched for.

After a nighttime fight revealed that Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei were undercover partners, Ye Yiwei learned Qiao Huan had not stabbed him and the two cleared up several misunderstandings. Though they believed they would avoid debuting, Star Radiance announced them alongside Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike in a new OSOK subunit, leaving the group stunned and Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike seeming oddly unhappy.

• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei fought on the field, recognized each other's Official Training moves, and identified one another through their code phrase.
• Ye Yiwei accused Qiao Huan of stabbing him, but Qiao Huan explained he had been at the police station that night, and Ye Yiwei realized he had blamed the wrong person for years.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei compared their undercover missions and learned they had accidentally interfered with each other's equipment during Between Life and Death.
• Ling Ji told Jiang Ji and Pei Dahai that Xiu Si would not debut as planned, but Ren Rong arrived looking for her son Jiang Renbao.
• Qiao Huan, Ye Yiwei, Zhuo Yang, and Bai Jike drank together after Zhuo Yang warned that their chances of debuting looked slim.
• Star Radiance announced Qiao Huan, Ye Yiwei, Zhuo Yang, and Bai Jike as members of the OSOK-X subunit, and Jiang Renbao revealed their debut song would promote an expensive film.

As X4’s masked Yingge performance gained attention, Jiang Renbao offered them the promotional song for Ren Rong’s sci-fi film Phantom River, bringing Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei into contact with a rival project tied to their investigations. They accepted the work, uncovered clues linking Radiance Films to both cases, and decided to write the song themselves, with Ye Yiwei planning an unusual arrangement.

• Pei Dahai and Jiang Ji promoted OSOK and X4 online, and Xiao Zhao’s illustrated portraits of the masked X4 members silenced much of the criticism over their lack of official photos.
• Jiang Renbao asked Ren Rong to let Xiu Si perform Phantom River’s promotional song, but she worried that their Yingge performance did not fit her sci-fi film.
• Jiang Renbao offered Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei the song after Ren Rong agreed they could consider it, and the two recognized Radiance Films and producer Fan Hui from their separate investigations.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei connected Fan Hui’s suspicious absence from a drinking party to Radiance Films’ Dreamship project and suspected the rival company was coordinating with AUV.
• After reading Phantom River’s script and rejecting the demo songs, Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei agreed to take the project and write the song themselves.
• Ye Yiwei revealed that his parents were famous musicians, then asked Qiao Huan about undercover work and planned to use a nearly extinct folk performance to make Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike stand out.

Xiu Si’s members drew attention through their posts about folk arts, then won approval for their ambitious “Phantom River” promotional song, “Beyond the Frontier Star River.” As they prepared to film its video, Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei realized their unusually detailed script resembled an illustrated martial-arts manual, and Zhuo Yang arrived looking exhausted.

• Jiang Ji announced that Xiu Si would perform “Phantom River”’s promotional song, prompting netizens to compare the group with AUV and discuss the rising popularity of the Yingge Dance.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei flooded Weibo with posts about folk arts and tagged Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike, while Zhuo Yang returned the favor and helped promote his teammates.
• Ren Rong and the film’s staff reviewed “Beyond the Frontier Star River” and praised its lyrics, music, and rap, then arranged for Xiu Si to record it and shoot the video.
• Xiu Si recorded the song smoothly, with Zhuo Yang singing most of its four-minute vocal section and Bai Jike performing the rap.
• Before filming, Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei recognized that the detailed script for their Jinghe Opera performance resembled an illustrated martial-arts guide, then saw Zhuo Yang arrive with dark circles under his eyes.

Qiao Huan, Ye Yiwei, Zhuo Yang, and Bai Jike filmed a promotional video for Phantom River, impressing cinematographer Saylor with their traditional performances and teamwork. As the four men carried a glowing dragon through staged pyrotechnics, Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei noticed Zhuo Yang was avoiding the effects from several meters away.

• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei performed a Jinghe Opera scene for Aunt Bao and the Folk Customs Association, earning their praise for their movements and emotional delivery.
• Aunt Bao revealed that Zhuo Yang had helped her prepare the storyboards, and the executive director introduced Saylor as the visiting cinematographer.
• Saylor dismissed the film’s traditional elements until he saw Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei in costume, then became deeply engaged in filming their performance.
• Saylor filmed Zhuo Yang and Bai Jike performing Yingge Dance, while both pairs helped the crew between takes.
• The four men worked together to animate a massive glowing straw dragon among staged pyrotechnics, and Saylor enthusiastically filmed the scene.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei noticed that Zhuo Yang kept dodging the pyrotechnics from several meters away.

Xiu Si completed their fire dragon dance shoot, while folklore experts and Cheers Entertainment defended the group against an online attack. Qiao Huan asked Qiao Tang to investigate Zhuo Yang, then returned to the set with Ye Yiwei expecting a reprimand.

• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei tested Zhuo Yang during the fire dragon dance, and their conflicting movements produced a lifelike performance that impressed Saylor and the folklore experts.
• Jiang Ji posted three photos from the shoot, drawing enthusiastic reactions from fans.
• Wash Ears accused Xiu Si of misusing traditional dance and showing off their bodies, but folklore experts publicly defended and explained their performances.
• Cheers Entertainment revealed the members' contributions to the "Phantom River" promotional song and its traditional performance elements, while Wash Ears, who had taken money to attack them, was muted.
• Qiao Huan asked Qiao Tang to investigate Zhuo Yang after discussing his unusual abilities with Ye Yiwei.
• Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei returned to the set expecting criticism from the folklore experts but found Saylor square dancing with them.

Xiu Si released the long-awaited “Beyond the Frontier Star River,” a promotional video for Phantom River that blended traditional performance with science fiction and won over viewers. AUV and Radiance Films faced backlash over paid trolls, while the four members of Xiu Si woke to find themselves unexpectedly famous.

• Green Pines and Emerald Cypresses helped Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei fight back online, and the two learned their actions had brought attention and invitations to folk dance troupes.
• Radiance Films released Dreamship’s promotional video and song, which dominated the trending searches while Xiu Si continued refining their own video.
• Marketing accounts attacked Phantom River’s music consultant and Saylor, but Jiang Ji received a spreadsheet from NightWing exposing thousands of paid troll accounts and posted evidence of their activity.
• Cheers Entertainment released Xiu Si’s “Beyond the Frontier Star River,” which combined film scenes with Jinghe Opera, Yingge Dance, and the members’ performances, earning enthusiastic praise from viewers.
• Qian Li accidentally liked a post defending AUV, and Radiance Films disavowed the paid trolls; viewers blamed AUV and its followers fell sharply.
• Saylor praised Xiu Si’s looks and explained his silence, while the exhausted members woke the next day to discover they had become widely famous.

Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei investigated Fan Hui’s decision to release “Starship” despite its likely losses, then joined a variety show to get close to her son, Constantine Fan. Qiao Huan met Constantine and remained unmoved by the child’s staged murder scene.

• “Phantom River” surged far ahead of “Starship” in presales, while Ren Rong explained that “Starship” was likely to lose money and mentioned that “Dreamship” had once been planned as a VR film.
• Fan Hui announced that “Starship” would be released in theaters as scheduled, and Qiao Huan learned she had booked a flight to City L in Country U.
• Jiang Ji brought Xiu Si new work offers, and the four chose endorsements for domestic brands and agreed to join “Brat Comes Home.”
• Qiao Huan arrived at the Fan family’s home to meet Constantine Fan, while Xiao Feng warned him that the clever eight-year-old demanded constant attention.
• Qiao Huan found Constantine lying amid a staged pool of blood, picked him up, and criticized him for sleeping on the hard floor.

Qiao Huan tried to manage Constantine as his surrogate parent, learning about Fan Hui’s household while struggling to cook. When Constantine fell into the pool, Zhuo Yang arrived as the other guest instead of Ye Yiwei, leaving Qiao Huan worried about the ruined meal.

• Qiao Huan tested Constantine’s Chinese writing and explained why names were traditionally written in red, while Xiao Feng watched.
• Qiao Huan had Constantine show him around the house and noticed signs that Fan Hui had recently removed belongings.
• Qiao Huan told Constantine to clean up his fake blood, then tried to cook with the greens and crawfish in the refrigerator.
• Constantine smeared himself with fake blood and startled when Qiao Huan cracked crawfish shells with a cleaver, then he cleaned more carefully.
• Qiao Huan abandoned the crawfish after reading a cookbook and reflected on how he had changed while working with Ye Yiwei.
• Constantine fell into the backyard pool, and Zhuo Yang jumped in to rescue him, revealing that he had swapped groups with Ye Yiwei.

Zhuo Yang joined Qiao Huan and Constantine, helping secure the pool and cook while the two men struggled to care for the child. During preparations for a family dinner, Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang tried to learn Fan Hui’s favorite food, and Qiao Huan’s alarming cooking and intimidating manner left Constantine frightened but eventually cooperative.

• Constantine cried after Zhuo Yang rescued him from the pool, and Zhuo Yang made a spring-mattress safety net to keep him out.
• Zhuo Yang took over cooking, and he and Qiao Huan distracted Constantine with military-themed feeding games until the boy ate his meal.
• Xiao Feng brought ingredients for the group dinner, and Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang selected artichokes because they knew Fan Hui liked artichoke chicken soup.
• Constantine lied that Fan Hui liked spicy twice-cooked pork and seafood, so Qiao Huan ruined the ingredients and made him eat shellfish until he revealed her real favorite dish.
• Qiao Huan handed the cooking to Zhuo Yang, who won praise from viewers, while Qiao Huan worried about Zhuo Yang’s background and messaged Qiao Tang for an update.
• Qiao Tang replied to Qiao Huan with “[TvT],” leaving him confused.

At a filmed parents’ dinner, Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang protected Constantine from A-Yi and A-Er, whose deliberate provocation triggered the child’s trauma. Fan Hui confronted the twins and left Constantine in their care, while Qiao Huan quietly kept an old key she had forgotten.

• At a hospital, Wei Zhuogang found Qiao Tang’s Tata Martial Arts School brochure and spoke with him after learning Qiao Tang had undergone a tonsillectomy.
• Before the dinner, Qiao Huan and Ye Yiwei discussed their assignments, and Xiao Yue warned Qiao Huan to watch out for A-Yi and A-Er.
• A-Yi and A-Er tried to provoke the children, but Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang turned their demand for a performance into a lively group song and dance.
• A-Yi and A-Er triggered Constantine’s distress by drawing on the table, and Fan Hui slapped A-Yi and threatened to expose the twins’ scandal.
• Fan Hui asked Lin Xiangnan to transfer the twins’ resources to Xiu Si, apologized to Constantine, and asked Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang to care for him.
• After Fan Hui left, Qiao Huan noticed she had forgotten an old cherry-decorated key and put it in his pocket.

After Constantine’s outburst during filming, Qiao Huan looked after him, learned village rumors about a supposedly possessed child, and returned home to investigate the keys he had found. He and Zhuo Yang played hide-and-seek with Constantine as a pretext to search Fan Hui’s villa, but Qiao Huan found no hidden room or safe.

• After A-Yi and A-Er left filming, the remaining guests finished the episode, and the director arranged counseling for Constantine.
• Qiao Huan packed the leftover food and sold it cheaply to farmers working late in a rice field, where he heard that Fan Hui’s child was rumored to be possessed and that a similar case had occurred in the village.
• Qiao Huan returned to the Platinum Coast and planned to investigate the keys while Zhuo Yang and Constantine slept, but found them wrestling in the brightly lit living room.
• Qiao Huan suggested hide-and-seek so he could search the villa, while Zhuo Yang searched the other side of the house.
• Qiao Huan found Constantine hiding behind a bookshelf, left him safely there, and searched several rooms without finding a hidden door or safe.

Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang spent the night trying to get Constantine to sleep, then took him to a city sports meet where Qiao Huan challenged a troublemaking local to a crayfish-catching contest. Constantine eventually asked to join in, hinting that he had been left out of something before.

• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang searched the house for different reasons, then took Constantine to the attic, where they told stories beneath the stars until he fell asleep.
• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang stayed awake all night with Constantine, and they found nothing unusual about the attic painting.
• At the sports meet, a local man provoked Zhuo Yang and Qiao Huan, then tried to film Constantine while insulting them.
• Qiao Huan proposed a team crayfish-catching contest, and the referee approved it as a new event to help nearby farmers.
• Constantine asked Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang if he could join the contest because he did not want to just watch again.
• An old man called out that Apple Boy had arrived with boxed meals, leaving Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang confused.

Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang took Constantine to a crayfish-catching contest, where their patient guidance helped reveal possible signs of Asperger syndrome. When a rogue and his son tried to frame Zhuo Yang and steal Constantine’s catch, Qiao Huan exposed them with a recording and called the police.

• An old man recognized Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang from their fruit endorsements, and A Fang awkwardly greeted him after he recognized Constantine as a Fan family child.
• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang took Constantine into the rice paddies and helped him overcome his fear of crayfish, while the rogue and his son struggled nearby.
• The female referee explained that Constantine had long seemed unusually smart and struggled with routines and communication, and the psychologist suggested he might have Asperger syndrome.
• The rogue accused Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang of favoritism while his son tried to take Constantine’s bucket and pushed him aside.
• The rogue and his son staged a fall and accused Zhuo Yang of attacking them, but Qiao Huan revealed he had recorded their actions and contacted the police.
• Qiao Huan stopped the rogue from leaving and demanded payment for the damaged rice plants and Constantine’s examination.

Qiao Huan learned the tragic history behind Fan Hui’s film "Dreamship" and helped her reconnect with Constantine, while Zhuo Yang tried to secretly investigate Fan Hui’s phone. The chapter ended with Qiao Huan catching him and asking to talk.

• Qiao Huan took Constantine to the hospital after Chubby knocked him down, then gave a statement at the police station and secretly searched its networked system.
• A Fang told Qiao Huan how her daughter Dreamship had died by suicide and how Fan Hui’s film had changed from Dreamship’s story into a commercial project.
• Fan Hui revealed that Lin Xiangnan had invited her to the dinner party and admitted she had left Qiao Huan the key to Dreamship’s manuscripts.
• Qiao Huan advised Fan Hui about Constantine’s trauma, and Fan Hui entered the ward and promised to hold her son from then on.
• Back at Platinum Coast, Qiao Huan tended the garden while Zhuo Yang decided to steal Fan Hui’s phone for information about his old captain’s daughter.
• Qiao Huan caught Zhuo Yang reaching for Fan Hui’s phone and told him they needed to talk.

Qiao Huan stopped Zhuo Yang from snooping on a phone, then revealed that he was investigating a sex-for-money case at Star Radiance Company. After learning that Zhuo Yang was also undercover, the two joined forces with Ye Yiwei to investigate the company and the death of Zhuo Yang’s old captain’s daughter, Yuan Yuan.

• Qiao Huan led Zhuo Yang away from the cameras and disclosed his investigation into a Star Radiance trainee’s attempted suicide; Zhuo Yang then explained that he had come to investigate Yuan Yuan’s unexplained death.
• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang discovered that Ye Yiwei was undercover too, and Zhuo Yang verified Ye Yiwei’s identity by sparring with him.
• The three agents compared their clues and suspected that Yuan Yuan’s death might be connected to the drinking-party cases; Zhuo Yang found that Yuan Yuan had worked at Fan Hui’s company before joining Star Radiance.
• Fan Hui told Qiao Huan and the others that Yuan Yuan had been a capable employee who abruptly quit without explaining why, and she provided contact information for Yuan Yuan’s former coworkers.
• Zhuo Yang and Qiao Huan wondered why Yuan Yuan had left a promising job for Star Radiance, while Zhuo Yang asked them to help find the person who might explain her decision; Ye Yiwei agreed.

A-Yi and A-Er signed on to a variety-show opportunity tied to their livestream following, while Xiu Si agreed to a promotional livestream and began gathering ingredients with the children. The livestream boosted Zhuo Yang’s popularity, and Qiao Huan prepared a new plan as Constantine watched A-Yi and A-Er with contempt.

• Jiang Ji offered A-Yi and A-Er a chance to join a B-Rank Variety Show if they proved their commercial value, and the brothers signed the proposal.
• Jiang Ji asked Qiao Huan, Zhuo Yang, Ye Yiwei, and Bai Jike for permission to hold a livestream, and all four agreed.
• The Production Team began the livestream with a challenge to find ingredients for a parent-child meal, while A-Yi and A-Er threatened the girl in their care to make her behave.
• Zhuo Yang helped Bai Jike catch a fish, but viewers focused on Zhuo Yang’s physique and his gentle handling of Constantine.
• Qiao Huan promised Constantine they would find crayfish, and Constantine stared down A-Yi and A-Er when they watched him.

Bai Jike gained attention for his knowledge and quick actions, but Constantine fell into the river after overhearing rumors about Fan Hui, and Bai Jike rescued him. As the group took the children to the hospital, Qiao Huan agreed to face A-Yi and A-Er in a livestream showdown while a woman in sunglasses prepared legal documents against them.

• Zhuo Yang handed Constantine over to Bai Jike, who kept him and Xiaomi occupied and explained that apple snails were invasive and dangerous unless thoroughly cooked.
• Bai Jike burned an apple snail and its eggs after they spilled onto his hand, then reminded the livestream viewers to extinguish fires safely.
• Constantine overheard staff gossip that Fan Hui was using him to promote her film and fell into the river while trying to find her.
• Bai Jike used a basin to keep Constantine afloat and swam him to shore, where Qiao Huan arranged for Constantine and Xiaomi to go to the hospital.
• A-Yi and A-Er taunted the group and challenged Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang to settle matters in a livestream, and Qiao Huan accepted.
• A woman in sunglasses told her assistant to prepare legal documents against A-Yi and A-Er.

Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang accepted A-Yi and A-Er’s livestream cooking challenge, then won viewers over with their teamwork, crayfish, and promotion of a local pear farmer. At the hospital, Bai Jike discovered that someone was suppressing their livestream’s popularity and began investigating who was behind it.

• A-Yi and A-Er challenged Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang to a livestream cooking contest, with the losers agreeing to leave the show and apologize to Constantine.
• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang made grass crayfish traps, gathered ingredients, and traded labor at a pear orchard for oil and chilies.
• The twins used bought fish and prepared fans to boost their livestream, while Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang worked smoothly together and cooked crayfish at the farmer’s home.
• Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang’s lively meal and the farmer’s stories attracted viewers, while A-Yi and A-Er argued and struggled with their cooking.
• At the hospital, Bai Jike received a cryptic warning about a giant python and learned that Constantine was out of danger but still asleep.
• After Jiang Ji asked him to check the livestream data, Bai Jike found signs that forces were suppressing Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang’s viewer count and began tracing the interference.

Bai Jike reversed the suppression of Slow Yangyang's livestream and paid for nationwide promotion of Xiu Si, but A-Yi and A-Er turned the resulting attention into an attack on the group. Bai Jike exposed paid trolls, Fan Hui and Constantine released an explanation of the accident, and Qiao Tang's team struggled to contain the livestream's popularity.

• Bai Jike discovered that the code suppressing Slow Yangyang's popularity came from an automated program he had written and that Qiao Huan had been its original target.
• Bai Jike bypassed the suppression and paid to play a fan-made Xiu Si video on plaza screens nationwide, drawing public attention to the group.
• A-Yi and A-Er turned off gifts in their livestream and encouraged criticism of Qiao Huan and Zhuo Yang for accepting them.
• Qiao Huan limited gifts, while Bai Jike sent marketing accounts the real names and offenses of paid trolls attacking the group.
• Fan Hui and Constantine released a video explaining how Constantine fell into the water, and the broadcast director admitted she had acted on someone else's orders.
• A-Shui told Qiao Tang that their Anti-Hate Station could not suppress the livestream against a stronger opponent.